Job 17:3

שִֽׂימָה ־ נָּא עָרְבֵנִי עִמָּךְ מִֽי הוּא לְיָדִי יִתָּקֵֽעַ ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me?

In Context

2אִם ־ לֹא הֲתֻלִים עִמָּדִי וּבְהַמְּרוֹתָם תָּלַן עֵינִֽי ׃

4כִּֽי ־ לִבָּם צָפַנְתָּ מִּשָּׂכֶל עַל ־ כֵּן לֹא תְרֹמֵֽם ׃

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Cross References

Genesis 43:9אָֽנֹכִי אֶֽעֶרְבֶנּוּ מִיָּדִי תְּבַקְשֶׁנּוּ אִם ־ לֹא הֲבִיאֹתִיו אֵלֶיךָ וְהִצַּגְתִּיו לְפָנֶיךָ וְחָטָאתִֽי לְךָ כָּל ־ הַיָּמִֽים ׃

Job 5:1קְֽרָא ־ נָא הֲיֵשׁ עוֹנֶךָּ וְאֶל ־ מִי מִקְּדֹשִׁים תִּפְנֶֽה ׃

Psalms 119:122עֲרֹב עַבְדְּךָ לְטוֹב אַֽל ־ יַעַשְׁקֻנִי זֵדִֽים ׃

Proverbs 11:15רַע ־ יֵרוֹעַ כִּי ־ עָרַב זָר וְשֹׂנֵא תֹקְעִים בּוֹטֵֽחַ ׃

Proverbs 20:16לְֽקַח ־ בִּגְדוֹ כִּי ־ עָרַב זָר וּבְעַד נכרים חַבְלֵֽהוּ ׃

Isaiah 38:14כְּסוּס עָגוּר כֵּן אֲצַפְצֵף אֶהְגֶּה כַּיּוֹנָה דַּלּוּ עֵינַי לַמָּרוֹם אֲדֹנָי עָֽשְׁקָה ־ לִּי עָרְבֵֽנִי ׃

Matthew Henry on Job 17:2-10

Deplorable Condition of Job; The Improvement of Job's Troubles. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me. 2 Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation? 3 Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me? 4 For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them. 5 He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail. 6 He hath made me… Read the whole commentary →

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